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Agrees with the Tomatometer 76% of the time.

Publications:: Film Scouts , Filmfest , Twitch

Total Reviews:: 419
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Rating	T-Meter	Title \| Year	Add Date
D+	8%	Runner Runner (2013)	" Title refers to 4.2% chance you have in poker of hitting flush...Any poker player will know that initial set of cards is known as the "flop," a fair description for this film with even longer odds at finding an appreciative audience." — Twitch Posted Oct 4, 2013
B-	——	When Jews Were Funny ()	" On the whole, I think When Jews Were Funny is a strong testament to a lost age, a kind of elegy to the self-deprecation and introspection that certainly shaped in a major way modern comedy." — Twitch Posted Sep 22, 2013
C+	——	Yurusarezaru mono (Unforgiven) ()	" Let's be explicit here - much, if not all of the pleasure of this version of Unforgiven is tied directly to the previous film. As a standalone project, it's highly interesting, but it's also hardly definitive." — Twitch Posted Sep 22, 2013
A	——	R100 ()	" A delightful collision of humour and self-reflexive philosophizing" — Twitch Posted Sep 21, 2013
A-	——	Rhymes For Young Ghouls ()	" The film is told with a mix of lyricism and kicks to the gut, and is all the better for these shifts in tonality. It's remarkable how the narrative feels both highly specific to this community, yet near mythic in a more universal, classic sense." — Twitch Posted Sep 20, 2013
C-	95%	Enough Said (2013)	" There's a Three's Company vibe to the proceedings, and it's not a style of humour I've ever been particularly fond of. " — Twitch Posted Sep 18, 2013
B-	——	Made in America ()	" The sentiment is pure, and the assemblage of talent is indeed interesting. What's promising on a cinematic front are the great documentary moments." — Twitch Posted Sep 17, 2013
B+	——	Starred Up ()	" Starred Up is a gritty, intense, and shockingly unique take on the prison drama genre." — Twitch Posted Sep 17, 2013
B	100%	Sunshine on Leith ()	" A perfect mix of the melancholic and the hopeful...[A] charming film." — Twitch Posted Sep 17, 2013
B	89%	Bad Words (2014)	" When the humor goes black, it does so in a pretty inspired way." — Twitch Posted Sep 17, 2013
B+	83%	The F Word ()	" With whipsnap dialogue and compelling, memorable performances, The F Word transcends its formulaic pretenses, resulting in a charming, quite effective film." — Twitch Posted Sep 17, 2013
A-	100%	Enemy ()	" A highly stylized yet intriguing look at a man coming to terms with his duplicate...Enemy firmly establishes Villeneuve as one of today's most truly unique filmmakers." — Twitch Posted Sep 16, 2013
A+	——	The Square (2013)	" Easily one of the most complex, most nuanced, and frankly most important documentaries made about the ongoing political developments in Egypt. Heck, I'll go further, it's one of the finer historical documentaries I think that's ever been made, period." — Twitch Posted Sep 13, 2013
C	84%	A Touch of Sin (2013)	" A decent 45 minute buildup is squandered as the rest of the running time ambles along." — Twitch Posted Sep 12, 2013
A+	——	iNumber Number ()	" My immediate reaction was to call this the "South African Reservoir Dogs" and I don't make the comparison lightly. A bristling action movie with stunning performances, beautifully staged action moments, and an elegantly simple plot." — Twitch Posted Sep 10, 2013
A	——	Oculus ()	" A slow burn film with a deliciously creepy mood, yet at the same time it remains exhilarating throughout...This isn't just a great Midnight Madness film, this is a great film, period." — Twitch Posted Sep 10, 2013
C	76%	Man of Tai Chi (2013)	" After all is said and done, after we've gone through the rote paces in an assembly line fashion, we're left with a mildly enjoyable if completely forgettable martial arts film. " — Twitch Posted Sep 10, 2013
B	——	McCanick ()	" A tight little police story with a compelling if slightly overwrought twist, McCanick is well executed fun, and an appropriate showcase for Morse's great talents." — Twitch Posted Sep 9, 2013
D	36%	Devil's Knot ()	" Do we need a fictional version of this story? Does the Devil's Knot add anything, be it intellectually or aesthetically to what has already been covered so extensively by other, greater works? Do we need this film? The answer, sadly, is a resolute "no"." — Twitch Posted Sep 9, 2013
A+	88%	Rush (2013)	" Ron Howard's film about the 1976 Formula 1 season, isn't just an enthralling film, an exciting cinematic spectacle full of drama and adrenaline-fueled racing sequences. Quite simply, it's a film that manages to be, well, magical." — Twitch Posted Sep 9, 2013
A+	98%	Gravity (2013)	" Gravity is the film that cinema was born to make. It echoes the dreams of Meliés writ on a modern giant canvas, yet does so with such impeccable restraint that like the lead characters it will leave you breathless. " — Twitch Posted Sep 8, 2013
B-	46%	Parkland (2013)	" Parkland provides a refreshingly original take on such an historic event. It may not entirely succeed, but it's a noble effort at a new way of dealing with an event of such historical magnitude." — Twitch Posted Sep 6, 2013
A+	100%	Tim's Vermeer (2014)	" We rip away the veils of prejudice and expectation, and are left with something that at first seems like a mere "trick", but is quite simply a feat of great imagination and scientific thinking. " — Twitch Posted Sep 6, 2013
C	35%	The Fifth Estate (2013)	" The Fifth Estate proves little more than a showcase for the acting talents of a supreme mime in the form of the lanky Cumberbatch." — Twitch Posted Sep 6, 2013
A-	75%	You're Next (2013)	" It kicks ass with the abandon of a place kicker. There's so much kickage that the filmmakers no doubt had to wear special shoes." — Filmfest Posted Aug 22, 2013
C+	12%	The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones (2013)	" It's a film that even this jaded anti-fan of this kind of dreck found himself rooting for in time, swayed by strong performances, a decent story, and a sense that at least for much of its running time the film pretended I wasn't a complete moron." — Twitch Posted Aug 22, 2013
B-	68%	Elysium (2013)	" In the end these grand ideas are no more than a gaudy collection of intellectual set dressing, more distracting than genuinely intriguing" — Twitch Posted Aug 7, 2013
C+	——	Deliver Us From Evil (Fri os fra det onde) (2009)	" Certainly worth a view, but not the breakout Danish film that I've come to expect year after year." — Filmfest Posted Aug 1, 2013
D-	14%	R.I.P.D. (2013)	" R.I.P.D. is exactly as bad as you expected it to be from the trailer." — Twitch Posted Jul 19, 2013
B-	42%	Red 2 (2013)	" In a summer where action movies are increasingly serious to the point of being ponderous, it's nice to have a[n]...amusing action-adventure with a capable cast and decent story. It may be a small victory, but it's one I'm willing to celebrate." — Twitch Posted Jul 18, 2013
A	72%	Pacific Rim (2013)	" Monsters. Robots. Two iconic adolescent elements beating the living out of one another. The rest is set dressing, for, at its core, we've got Kaiju vs. Jaeger, beasts versus mechanical brawn." — Twitch Posted Jul 8, 2013
A-	31%	The Lone Ranger (2013)	" a film of the scope that The Lone Ranger provides demands to be seen on the biggest screen possible, a reminder of when films were more than playthings on backlit screens, but could open up the vistas of Monument Valley in monumental ways." — Twitch Posted Jul 2, 2013
C-	50%	White House Down (2013)	" If Olympus Has Fellen was a glorious recapitulation of what made Die Hard work so beautifully, White House Down is a reminder of how sanitized and frankly boring many modern action films, including those in the Die Hard franchise, have become." — Twitch Posted Jun 27, 2013
C+	60%	Breakup at a Wedding (2013)	" I was pleased enough with Breakup At A Wedding, pleased with its ambition, its execution, even its stylistic conceit. Not exactly high praise, perhaps, but I think the film achieves what it sets out to do, and does so admirably." — Twitch Posted Jun 17, 2013
A	99%	20 Feet From Stardom (2013)	" A musical and historical treasure, a deep reflection on the vagaries of fame. Candid and moving, 20 Feet From Stardom is an unforgettable portrayal of some magnificent performers." — Twitch Posted Jun 14, 2013
A	84%	This Is the End (2013)	" A beautiful collision of slacker comedy mixed with insightful skewering of a celebrity-obsessed culture." — Twitch Posted Jun 5, 2013
F	11%	After Earth (2013)	" You'll spend much of your time waiting for it to be after After Earth, waiting for that respite brought about by the damn thing finally getting to its silly, telegraphed point." — Twitch Posted May 29, 2013
C+	19%	The Hangover Part III (2013)	" The third Hangover film provides an epic, worthy finale for the Wolf Pack, with Ken Jeong's Chow again stealing the show in his inimitable way." — Twitch Posted May 23, 2013
A-	69%	Fast & Furious 6 (2013)	" With Fast & Furious 6 we've got cars that sound damn cool, a bunch of slick action scenes, semi-coherent character development, all adding up to one of the smartest dumb movies of this or any summer. " — Twitch Posted May 23, 2013
C-	67%	The Iceman (2013)	" Like a stiff mixed drink that doesn't live up to the quality of its ingredients, The Iceman proves to be an unpalatable, underwhelming crime drama." — Twitch Posted May 10, 2013
A	93%	Muscle Shoals (2013)	" This is a work that's a must-see for even the most casual of music fans, while still so chock full of moments of grace and beauty that even the most jaded of us that have seen umpteen other variations on this story can still properly fall in love with it." — Twitch Posted May 10, 2013
A	——	12 O'clock Boys ()	" 12 O'Clock Boys is one of those rare, unforgettable films, so tightly constructed and beautifully executed that it's hard not to want to watch it again immediately." — Twitch Posted May 10, 2013
A-	89%	After Tiller (2013)	" "No body wants a fucking abortion" exclaims one of the doctors, and this is at the heart of the tough decisions that are played out every day within each clinic" — Twitch Posted May 10, 2013
C-	14%	The Colony (2013)	" The Colony isn't good, and it isn't terrible. It is, unfortunately, pretty forgettable, and for that I'm almost more disappointed than if it had been either end of the spectrum." — Twitch Posted Apr 25, 2013
A-	86%	The Manor ()	" Beyond the boobs and bombast, this is a family drama caught on film...The Manor is the Godfather of Jewish Strip-Club Owning Family Films" — Twitch Posted Apr 25, 2013
A	85%	Upstream Color (2013)	" For me it was a great success, a success resting on both in its refusal to be overly conventional while not going completely off the rails just to say tell the audience to go fuck themselves." — Twitch Posted Apr 12, 2013
A+	93%	Jurassic Park (1993)	" [The] 3D [conversion] provides the definitive version of this classic film. Jurassic Park has been transformed with with artistry, nuance and sophistication, and it's an absolute must-see during this brief run." — Twitch Posted Apr 7, 2013
F	9%	The Host (2013)	" 2013's The Host is eye gouging, can't-get-the-hours-back-of-your-life kind of bad that if there's any justice will quickly disappear from your local screen, soon to be forgotten save for those masochistic few who actually stomach the entire running time. " — Twitch Posted Mar 30, 2013
A-	47%	Olympus Has Fallen (2013)	" Butler serves up action on a silver platter in Olympus Has Fallen! The White House runs red with blood in this Olympian battle! Finally, an entertaining film from Antoine Fuqua!" — Twitch Posted Mar 19, 2013

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